Shloka 119
Devadāru (Dāruvana) Forest: The Delusion of Ritual Pride, the Liṅga Crisis, and the Teaching of Jñāna–Pāśupata Yoga
अज्ञानाद् यदि वा ज्ञानाद् यत्किञ्चित्कुरुते नरः / तत्सर्वं भगवानेन कुरुते योगमायया
ajñānād yadi vā jñānād yatkiñcitkurute naraḥ / tatsarvaṃ bhagavānena kurute yogamāyayā
ಅಜ್ಞಾನದಿಂದಾಗಲಿ ಜ್ಞಾನದಿಂದಾಗಲಿ—ಮಾನವನು ಏನು ಮಾಡಿದರೂ, ಅದನ್ನೆಲ್ಲ ಭಗವಾನನೇ ತನ್ನ ಯೋಗಮಾಯಾಶಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ನೆರವೇರಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) teaching in the Ishvara Gita context
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It teaches that the ultimate agency behind all actions is Bhagavān alone; individual doership is secondary and conditioned, while the Supreme Self remains the inner ruler who enables action through Yoga-māyā.
The verse points to Yoga as discernment of true agency: meditation and self-inquiry reduce egoic doership, aligning the practitioner with Ishvara-bhāva (God-centered awareness) central to Kurma Purana’s Yoga-shāstra orientation.
By grounding all agency in one Bhagavān acting through Yoga-māyā, it supports the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis where the Supreme (spoken as Vishnu/Kurma) is also the same highest Lord revered in Shaiva frameworks.